True Crime Time For December 31, 2025 | New Year’s Eve Crimes, Holiday Traditions & Staying Safe

Summary

Real Life Real Crime – “True Crime Time For December 31, 2025: New Year’s Eve Crimes, Holiday Traditions & Staying Safe”

Main Theme / Purpose

In this year-end episode, Woody and Cindy Overton dive into the dark—and sometimes bizarre—side of New Year’s Eve, exploring infamous crimes that occurred around the holiday worldwide. Balancing grim tales with their signature offbeat humor, they reflect on personal traditions, offer safety tips for listeners, and close out 2025 with candid reflections and classic Southern storytelling.

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Episode Structure & Highlights

Reflections on the Year & Personal Updates

• Woody and Cindy recount 2025 as a “wild year,” marked by both professional achievements and personal tragedies, including Woody’s father’s passing, kids’ graduations, buying a new home, and active involvement in various justice advocacy cases (Justice for Bradley, #JusticeForHaley).
  • “It’s been really, really, really great, and it’s been really, really, really bad...one end of the spectrum to the other for us.” – Woody (04:00)
• Mention of milestones:
  • National attention brought to cold cases, particularly Haley’s, leading to reinvestigation.
  • “We did a great live Southeastern...for their 100th year anniversary.” – Woody (05:05)
• They express gratitude and hope for a better 2026.

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Notable New Year’s Eve Crime Stories

1. Westminster Police Officer Dragged (Worldwide Crime Segment)

[05:41–07:40]

• Incident overview: In Westminster, a police officer was dragged by a vehicle during a confrontation in a parking lot. The suspects, twin brothers Nicholas and Richard Rodriguez (both 42; both with multiple warrants), were apprehended after a short pursuit.
• Officer suffered minor injuries.
• “I mean, people still cop cars everywhere, I guess, and it just is never going to end well for you.” – Woody (07:40)

2. Manhattan Jewelry Heist, 2016

[08:10–11:11]

• On New Year’s Eve 2016, while Times Square’s ball drop distracted crowds (and 7,000 cops), a crew robbed a nearby jewelry wholesaler (Greg Ruth), stealing $6M in pink and yellow diamonds.
• Video footage didn’t result in immediate arrests; eventually, Demir Pisnick was caught after years and multiple heists totaling $24M. He received an 8-year sentence.
• “Million people right around you and just steal $6 million in diamonds.” – Woody (11:11)

3. Pennsylvania Assassination, 1969

[11:11–13:32]

• Three gunmen murdered labor leader Joseph Yablonski, his wife, and daughter—a union-ordered hit orchestrated by union president Tony Bull, who embezzled funds to pay hitmen.
• Bull died in prison.
• “Can you imagine? It’s like, fuck him, just go kill him. He’s speaking out against us.” – Woody (12:25)

4. Amazon Cash Grab – New Delhi

[13:56–15:34]

• Former warehouse guards used insider knowledge (timing their heist during the 2am snack break on New Year’s Day) to rob an Amazon warehouse safe.
• Security cameras led to swift arrests.
• Takeaway: Don’t let all guards take snack breaks together.
• “Still, there’s an important lesson here: apparently Amazon warehouses have safe pools of cash rather than just handling all payments electronically.” – Woody (15:08)

5. New Orleans Spree, 1972

[15:34–19:21]

• Mark Essex’s racist shooting spree began on New Year’s Eve, targeting police and white residents, resulting in murders and a city-wide manhunt.
• The chaos led to the manhunt being called off after officers were met with gunfire from residents; Essex was killed in a later standoff.
• “They took a step that'll blow everybody’s mind. They called off the manhunt because they were getting shot at.” – Woody (17:50)

6. Moscow Red Square Bomb Plot, 2010

[20:28–22:14]

• A planned terrorist bombing during Moscow’s Red Square New Year’s Eve celebrations was thwarted when the bomber’s phone, rigged to the explosives, received a text message from the phone company and detonated early, killing only the bomber.
• “They discovered the message that set the phone off had been sent. It was a text sent by the phone company.” – Woody (22:07)
• Cindy’s reaction: “I hate to say it, but good, right?” (22:14)

7. Recent & Historic Large-Scale Attacks

• New Orleans truck attack, 2025: ISIS-linked U.S. Army veteran killed over a dozen people in the French Quarter.
• 2015/2016 Cologne, Germany: Groups assaulted 1200 people.
  • “How do you gather 1,200 men and say, okay y'all, we’re gonna go rape 1,200 men?” – Cindy (25:18)
• 1950 Boston Brinks robbery: Mafia-linked theft of $1.2M in cash/securities.
• Anna Walsh disappearance/murder, 2023.
• Narzak massacre, Greenland, 1980s.

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Crime Trends & Safety Tips on New Year’s Eve

Does Crime Go Up? ([27:43–30:32])

• Yes: Altogether, New Year’s Eve sees increased incidents including:
  • DUI/DWI arrests (“most common night for arrests related to operating a vehicle under the influence” – Woody [27:55])
  • Assaults and batteries (alcohol-fueled disputes)
  • Public intoxication/disorderly conduct
  • Theft (especially pickpocketing in crowded areas)
    • “People grab your ass and grab your balls and stuff like that. But what they’re doing...they’re feeling for my wallet.” – Woody (29:09)
  • Drug offenses and increased rates of sexual assault in large crowds

Woody’s safety tip:

• Keep ID and valuables in front pockets (29:31)
• Use rideshare or public transit, plan ahead, and celebrate responsibly

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New Year’s Eve Traditions – Personal & Global

[30:43–37:58]

• Woody & Cindy’s Southern food traditions: Black-eyed peas for luck, cabbage and greens for wealth, pork for prosperity, cornbread for “gold.”

  • “I want like 14 pots of cabbage.” – Woody (32:23)
  • “Pork is often consumed...because pigs root around with their snouts moving in a forward motion which symbolizes progress for the coming year.” – Cindy (36:53)

• Other traditions described:

  • Spain: 12 grapes at midnight for luck each month
    • “One grape per clock chime for luck in each month.” – Cindy (33:03)
  • Brazil: Wearing white, offering flowers to sea goddess
  • Japan: 108 bell rings for purifying desires
  • Philippines: Polka dots for wealth
  • Italy: Red underwear for love
  • Germany: Onion fortune-telling, leaping off chairs for luck
  • Colombia: Running with suitcases for travel/adventure

• Woody’s signature humor about traditions:

  • “At New Year’s, we mugging down...when the clock strikes 12 it’s time for ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and making out. We ain’t got time to eat no fucking grapes or stain.” (33:28)
  • “If you’re not fucked up enough to not be able to eat one grape per whatever…I mean…” (33:25)
  • On running with suitcases: “We’re gonna travel anyway. I don’t need to run down in the driveway with suitcase.” (34:21)

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Closing & Listener Wishes

[38:22–39:20]

• Safety wishes:
  • “Be safe. Good Lord, be safe, please. I love to know that all lifers made it through safely and have fun. It’s supposed to be fun.” – Woody (38:22)
• Pinky swears and inside jokes about making out and singing “Auld Lang Syne.”

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Memorable Moments / Quotes

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|---------|------------------------------------------------------| | 04:00 | Woody | “It’s been really, really, really great, and it’s been really, really, really bad...” | | 08:13 | Woody | “Criminals have used the holidays as an excuse to commit terrible acts...I think they’re just dumbasses.” | | 12:25 | Woody | "Can you imagine? It’s like, fuck him, just go kill him. He’s speaking out against us." | | 22:07 | Woody | "They discovered the message that set the phone off had been sent. It was a text sent by the phone company." | | 25:18 | Cindy | “How do you gather 1,200 men and say, okay y'all, we’re gonna go rape 1,200 men?” | | 29:09 | Woody | “People grab your ass and grab your balls and stuff like that. But what they’re doing...they’re feeling for my wallet.” | | 32:23 | Woody | “I want like 14 pots of cabbage.” | | 33:28 | Woody | “At New Year’s, we mugging down...it’s time for Auld Lang Syne and making out. We ain’t got time to eat no fucking grapes or stain.” | | 38:22 | Woody | “Be safe. Good Lord, be safe, please. I love to know that all lifers made it through safely and have fun. It’s supposed to be fun.” |

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Important Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------|-------------| | Banter & Reflections on 2025 | 02:15-05:41 | | Worldwide Crime: Westminster officer incident | 05:41-07:40 | | Famous New Year's Eve Heists/Crimes | 07:40-20:28 | | Moscow Red Square Bomb Plot | 20:28-22:14 | | Notable Large-Scale Attacks | 23:31-25:37 | | Crime Trends & Safety Advice | 27:43-30:32 | | Traditions – Food & Folklore | 30:43-37:58 | | Final Words & Safety Reminders | 38:01-39:20 |

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Tone & Style

• Candid, unscripted, Southern banter
• Balances dark/crime reporting with levity and humor
• Offers personal experience and safety advice with a direct, conversational style
• Warm, familiar sign-off to close the year

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For Listeners

Whether you tuned in for the crime stories, the laughs, or the relatable marital dynamic, this episode captures the essence of Woody and Cindy: informative, entertaining, and always authentic. Stay safe, celebrate responsibly, and don’t forget your black-eyed peas!

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“Be safe. Good Lord, be safe, please...It’s supposed to be fun.” – Woody Overton [38:22]

Transcript

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[Woody Overton]

Hello, everybody. Welcome to this episode of True Crime. Time for Wednesday, December 31, 2025. And I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

And I'm Cindy Overton.

[Woody Overton]

Last day of the year.

[Cindy Overton]

Last time. I'm saying that. This year.

[Woody Overton]

On air. Last time. You're hearing it from her this year. How about that, right?

[Cindy Overton]

People are rejoicing everywhere, right?

[Woody Overton]

Ah, thank God she's done. She's done. The happy New Year's Eve to everyone. Well, it used to be my favorite holiday.

[Cindy Overton]

Used to be?

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, I mean, when you were younger and going to partying and Jackson Square and different places for years and stuff like that and just would get ready to. Just to throw balls to the wall on New Year's Eve. Every. Every New Year's. I mean, I still enjoy the holiday, but just in a whole way different level. But you still the results gonna be. Yeah, results gonna be the same. I'm still gonna be hungover.

[Cindy Overton]

You're just at home doing it now.

[Woody Overton]

I'll be drunk rolling in then ruling in said ruling. Ruling in.

[Cindy Overton]

Rolling.

[Woody Overton]

Rolling in. Yeah. Almost sounds like I'm already drunk rolling in the New Year's and we hope y' all have the best New Year's ever.

[Cindy Overton]

And yes.

[Woody Overton]

Right. And we'll roll out 2025. It's been a really wow year.

[Cindy Overton]

It has been.

[Woody Overton]

And it's been really, really, really great. And it's been really, really, really bad. You know, so I can't say that it's. I mean it's just been so one end of the spectrum to the other for us.

[Cindy Overton]

I know.

[Woody Overton]

And. And I'm not talking about real life for crime. Well, yeah, that. How about taking on a new justice for Bradley, which morphed into justice for ao and then get in conclusion on and hashtag justice for Haley. Getting Ms. Barbara getting national attention on. On Haley's murder and getting it reinvestigated. Even though they said it's double jeopardy and what have you, they didn't say it was wrong, just that they couldn't do it again. What's their. What know they're full of. But then on us. Everything from kids graduating college again and buying their new homes and, and yeah. My dad passing and, and us coming home and buying this place and just all over, all over. You know, we did a great live Southeastern shout out to Crystal Harson and Sophia Southeastern for their. Their 100th year anniversary. Just all over, all over, all over and. But it's been a wild year. We'll call it that. But we're looking forward to a great 2026.

[Cindy Overton]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

And let's roll it in. So let's end this year of real true crime time for. With this last episode. What you got?

[Cindy Overton]

Well, I'm going to take us across the pond.

[Woody Overton]

It's time for worldwide crime.

[Cindy Overton]

And we are starting off with a Westminster police officer being dragged. Yeah, yesterday.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Cindy Overton]

Two days ago we did two. Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

So this police officer was dragged by a vehicle in a parking lot near 88 Avenue and Pierce Street. And according to investigators, the officer contacted a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot on Tuesday around 5pm and during the contact, the driver tried to drive away dragging the Officer for a short distance. Investigators said that's obviously when the pursuit was initiated. And the vehicle was quickly stopped at 92nd Avenue in between Pierce street and Westminster Boulevard. But two suspects were taken into custody and they are twins. One is Nicolas Rodriguez and the other is Richard Rodriguez. Obviously, since they're twins, they're both the same age and they're 42 years old. And both were. When they ran their names, they were found to have multiple warrants between the both of them. They're both heroes here. So Richard Rodriguez is believed to be the driver of the vehicle that was, you know, dragging the police officer, and Nicholas is believed to be the passenger. And the officer suffered minor injuries and is expected to recover. But that's all the information that I have on these two winners at this time.

[Woody Overton]

I mean, people still cop cars everywhere, I guess, and it just is never going to end well for you. I don't have one cop car and I know of several instance where it happened. I don't know one that ended in a positive way of the. The bad guy getting away. Right. All right. Since it's New Year's Eve, I figured I'd tell you about some New Year's Eve crimes.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

And I bet you don't know about most of these.

[Cindy Overton]

Probably not.

[Woody Overton]

So the they said throughout history, criminals have used the holidays as an excuse to commit terrible acts. I don't know if they use this excuse. I think they're just dumb asses. Well, New Year's Eve is a time for celebration. And many take this holiday as an opportunity to indulge. Sometimes that includes law breaking in when everyone's distracted. That's when the, the criminals make their move because they have a good eye for opportunities or just because they're right. So we're gonna go to Manhattan first.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

And what goes on in Manhattan on New Year's Eve?

[Cindy Overton]

The ball drop. The apple drop.

[Woody Overton]

Right, Right. So the Times Square is. Is there. Right. And of course, probably the most famous ball dropping on New Year's Eve. But there's tens of thousands of people, all of them carrying cameras. More likely a million people.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Piled into that area. Right. And but guess what else there is. There's over 7,000 cops stationed just in Times Square. Well, they're bill. You know, their cops are watching for the obvious things and they're not really watch looking for robberies and shit like that. So a couple blocks away in 2016, a team of thieves took this opportunity to break into a nearby jewelry wholesaler. Greg Ruth. And that's the name of it. And they stole $6 million of pink and yellow diamonds and they got away.

[Cindy Overton]

Wow.

[Woody Overton]

And nobody even knew about it. Right. Even though the. The course. I mean, if you own a jewelry store that I used to do security for, Alderley Michaels. The, The. You know, the building security cameras were working. They got the whole shit on tape. Got their faces, they didn't wear masks and shit.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

But it was. Two years had passed and they still weren't caught. And the police arrested a Bronx man, Demir Pisnick, not because of the robbery, but because they found he was the man behind a whole series of jury heists going back over 10 years. Now, in 2021, they sentenced him to eight years in prison. And that's the. I mean, I can. It's not a bad punishment for getting away with six. He got away with 16 different robberies in multiple countries involving jewels worth over 24 million.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

So I don't think that's a lot of time.

[Cindy Overton]

No, I don't. Because he's going to get right back out and do it again.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. And we're including this one here. So the. On New Year's Eve.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And million people right around you and just steal $6 million in diamonds. All right, let's talk about the union in. We're going to Pennsylvania. And three gunmen broke into a Pennsylvania home on New Year's Eve in 1969. And guess what they did. They killed an entire family of three. And it wasn't a burglary. It was an assassination performed on Joseph Yablonsky, who was a labor leader. Labor leader working for a coal miner union. Someone had hired the hitman to kill Yablonski. And the decision to also kill his wife and daughter revealed the hitmen to be not just evil, they were also dumbasses. They were incompetent. Leblonski had been using his position, United Mine Workers union to advocate for miners. So you might guess that this hit had been ordered by someone high up at the mine. Well, you'd be right, but partly right anyway. But you still might not have guessed that this higher up was the president of the union himself, Tony Bull.

[Cindy Overton]

Wow.

[Woody Overton]

Can you imagine? Yeah, it's like, fuck him. Just go kill him. He's speaking out against us. Just kill him.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So Jablonski had run against Bull for the role of president in the recent union election. And Bu. Bull killed his rival to maintain his power. Bull had waited till after the election, which he won, to order you boss get killed. And as a he did that to avoid suspicion. Right. If he killed him ahead of the election, they'd be on him first. This had partial success and then for starters, after election Jablonski accused him of winning through fraud and push for an investigation. So now, yeah, you're going to be under the gun, under the microscope either way. So Bull's motive for killing him remain as clear as ever. Also, Bull embezzled union funds to hire these hitmen. Can he pay for himself? The. I mean he's. I mean use the coal miners money.

[Cindy Overton]

I mean because he's a good guy and he's really concerned about doing things the right way.

[Woody Overton]

So. Right. And investigations had investment led authorities to link him murders. And guess what Bull, I always say hell or jail. Bull ended up dying in prison and that's that. So. All right, take to another one. The Amazon cash grab. You ever heard of it?

[Cindy Overton]

No.

[Woody Overton]

All right. Well, former workers at an Amazon warehouse near New Delhi knew two reasons that one night two years ago might be a good time to rob the place. Well, obviously the first one because it was New Year's Eve, or technically New Year's Day as they hit the place a few hours after midnight. Second at 2am was when the guards took break for snacks. Think about it. Amazon is busy as fuck this whole time hiring all these part time employees and whatever. And some of them are going to be crooks. Right? Well, the burglars knew that the guards took the break for snacks as they used to be guards at the site themselves. But they brought guns with them and ended up using them to order the current guards around. The three robbers managed to get away. What? A safe full of cash. This was another group of thieves who got taped by security cameras and police easily call them. Still, there's an important lesson here. Apparently Amazon warehouses have safe pools of cash rather than just handling all payments electronically. Right. How about send money to Amazon and cash?

[Cindy Overton]

I never heard of that in my life. But I also don't think your guards need to go take your little snack time together.

[Woody Overton]

No, the Woody Overton wouldn't allow that.

[Cindy Overton]

I mean, I'm just saying that's mistake.

[Woody Overton]

Number but those guards are working New Year's Eve. Yeah, and then I get paid a whole lot of money. I'm pretty sure they were just hanging out.

[Cindy Overton]

Still getting a job. Yeah, I get paid to do a job.

[Woody Overton]

I get it. And let's come back to the Big Easy, okay? New Orleans, not what happened last year. We'll get to that later on. This is called the New Orleans Spree and it Took place a year after you were born on December 31, 1972. Your oldest man, Mark Essex. Yeah, he wanted to kill some people, but he didn't have anybody specific in mind. But he decided they got to be white as a retaliation against unrelated white people he had known during this time in the Navy. Okay. Right. So he shot one 19 year old police officer. And though another officer saw this, Essex managed to get away by throwing down firecrackers to cover his trail. Well, what that does is make people move. Right. They don't have them in the city. You're not supposed to. But he broke into a building, suspect maybe to look for his next target, and this set off an alarm.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

Right. Which brought two more officers. Essex shot one of them, creating a wound that would ultimately kill the guy a few months later. So slow death. That's horrible. Yeah, it is horrible. Though this. So two responded. He shoots for one and the other one shoots Essex. But. And while the shootouts going on, dozens of additional officers arrived in response to the calls for backup. But Essex managed to. He ran like a little police. Then do what police do. You got officer involved shooting and your partner's laying on the ground. We know he's going to die. Couple months later. Now it's on in 1972, I can promise you. There wasn't any cameras.

[Cindy Overton]

No, that was. Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So they launched a manhood in the neighborhood and they used aggressive measures which involved kicking indoors. Soon, you got to remember the New Orleans Police Department was the lowest paid in the United States at the time. So they kicking indoors and had residents responding by shooting themselves. Not themselves, but shooting. Like people are kicking in the doors. Everybody in Louisiana's got guns, got more guns than people. And so they're kicking the doors, they're shooting at the cops. Oh, my gosh. So. They said that. Some of them said, oh, we weren't shooting at the officers, we were shooting at the street lights to scare the police away. Yeah, right. Anyway, this. So now the officers are like it. They just. They took a step that'll blow everybody's mind. They called off the manhunt because they were getting shot at. And it's New Year's Eve and I guess everything's going on. So the. They called it off within the. The next day.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

Because so much was going down. But the police did find Essex eventually and killed him in a standoff. I can tell you, they just killed his ass. Yeah. Hey, everybody. He probably was putting his shit down. Hands up and I surrender. I surrender. Okay. I bet they shot him 100 times. Anyway, they said this happened because Essex reemerged a week after his first attack and killed seven more people.

[Cindy Overton]

Goodness, Grace, right?

[Woody Overton]

He just had it in his head.

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[Woody Overton]

Well, we all know about the bombing last year, and you and I have been buying that spot several times. But that's not the first New Year's Eve bombing and we're going to go to Russia. In the 2010 ISH area, Russia suffered a series of attacks carried out by terrorist group known as the Caucus Emirate. The group used suicide bombers and often these bombers were women. And In March of 2010, bombers at two metro stations killed 38 people. And in January of 2011, a bomber killed 37 people at an airport near Moscow. The Caucus Emirate had its biggest attack of all planned for, you guessed it, December 31st back in 2010. And the target was Moscow's Red Square, where some 120,000 people would gather, right just like New York's Times Square. And they they watched the ship drop down. They said the blast would easily hit scores of or make scores of victims. The bomber would wear an explosive belt and her handler, who was later identified as Zenot Sunuva, would trigger the explosive by calling the bomber's phone, which was connected to a detonator. Goodness, can you imagine? But the bomber never made it to Red Square. Thankfully, the explosives went off prematurely, killing only her while she was in a safe house with two other members of the team.

[Cindy Overton]

I hate to say it, but Good, right? Yes.

[Woody Overton]

Say. They said usually there is little chance of the phones in these operations setting off the detonators early. These are burner phones, never once used before the day in question. And no one has their number other than the handler. But when authorities poked through the wreckage and pieced it all together, what happened? They discovered the message that set the phone off had been sent. It was a text sent by the phone company. So this time it strapped the bomb there. Here's a burner. You do it, Turn it on and when. Nobody's going to call it. But everybody knows when you. When you get a new phone and turn it on, it's like welcome to AT&T said blew her ass up. Wow, that's. That's a couple crazy New Year's Eve stories and I promise you some idiots gonna do some stupid tonight. But we'll. We'll tell you about it later.

[Cindy Overton]

I still want to do an episode of Foiled Events.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, well, maybe we'll do that for Patreon convicts. So you go ahead and give us one.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, I don't have a New Year's story. Just going old school.

[Woody Overton]

You want me to continue? Just tell some people about some New Year's stuff?

[Cindy Overton]

Sure.

[Woody Overton]

I mean, we only got a few minutes left. It's the last episode. So there's some famous new New Year's Eve crimes, but they often involve large scale attacks or mass incidents. Like the recent 2025 New Orleans truck attack, which is a terrorism ban in the widespread 2015 or 2016 Cologne, Germany. Sexual assaults, which I told you all about last year. But also they include notable heists like the 1950s Brinks robbery. Yeah, other instance ball plots like those fold in 2015. Or individual crimes like the disappearance and murder of Anna Walsh that gained their notoriety around the years. But let's go to the 2025 New Orleans attack. A truck intentionally drove into the crowds in the French Quarter, which you and I have walked a million times. And it. It killed over a dozen people. The Suspect was a U.S. army veteran and reportedly linked to ISIS. You know, of course now they're investigating his terrorism. The 2015, 2016 clone attacks in Germany. Mass rapes around 1200. The. By groups of men in public spaces during New Year's Eve celebrations.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Do that.

[Woody Overton]

I talked about it last year, but.

[Cindy Overton]

I still don't get it.

[Woody Overton]

I don't either. Some. I mean, 1200 rapes at one time. Ow.

[Cindy Overton]

1200 men raping at one time.

[Woody Overton]

I mean, yeah, 1200 men raping people at one time in public because they're not raping them in the bedroom.

[Cindy Overton]

How do you gather 1200 men and say, okay y', all, we're gonna go rape 1200 men?

[Woody Overton]

I don't know, but it happens. How do you gather women in. In Russia and convince them to strap on a bomb and be like you're about to go by. Or the terrorists that flew in the World Trade center and everywhere else. Right. All right, let's tell you about The Brinks robbery. 1950. It was one of the largest US robberies at the time where disguised men stole over 1.2 million in cash and securities bonds on New Year's Eve of Boston. That was a good fellas and all that. Naturally it was mafia related. And Anna Walsh's disappearance in 2023, though the murder trial started later, her disappearance around New Year's Day 2023 led to a high profile case with her husband Brian Walsh, who's accused of her murder. We all know about that one, the Narzak massacre. This one occurred in Greenland and it was a notorious attack during New Year celebrations in the 1980s. So these events highlight how New Year's Eve, which is time of public celebration, can become a target for criminal acts ranging from target terrorism to mass sexual assaults and large scale theft. So the. Let me tell you real quick though, this will be like a public service and we'll cut this one short. The last one of the year. The. Does crime go up on New Year's Eve? Hold on one second. Well, certainly it does. And because you have the perfect storm and besides 4th of July, it's the worst day to be a cop because everybody's partying and people are going to overindulge and act stupid. Then you have these other that want to take advantage of everybody being put together. But. So New Year's Eve is often associated with a rise in specific types of offenses largely related to celebrations involving alcohol and large gatherings. The most common crimes and offenses that occur during New Year's Eve and day include DUI or dwi. Right. New Year's Eve is widely recognized as one of the most common nights for arrest related to operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Second on the list, assault and battery, both aggravated and simple assaults increase often linked to intoxication and disputes at parties or public venues. In Louisiana, that would be batteries. The people get drunk in fights, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Right.

[Woody Overton]

Public intoxication and disorderly conduct. No shocker here. People celebrating in public areas who consume too much alcohol often faces charges for public intoxication or disorderly conduct. Even in New Orleans, you can get away with flashing your boobs or whatever, but pissing against the wall, you go into jail. Yep. So theft, both petty theft and auto theft see an increase during the holiday period. Auto theft, it's not really the people making the money. It's people taking advantage and joyriding, et cetera. Petty theft. The New Orleans is the reason, like on Bourbon Street. And I'm using New Orleans example. I can imagine how bad it is in New York City and everywh else. Chicago, when the, the crowds are so like I've been in Jack Square. When they drop the ball, the crowds are so thick you can't move whatever way the crowd moves, you get me? And people grab your ass and grab your balls and stuff like that. But what they're doing, I don't think they could see my fine ass or my package. They're. They're feeling from a wallet. And pickpockets are notorious. They. They go to cities just for these events.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Just like prostitution. Right. So that happens. See. I'll send. Tell them what you do if you're in a large gathering.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm not wearing any jewelry. I don't have no jury. I have my ID in my front pocket.

[Woody Overton]

Give me your. Always carry your ID and my ID in the front pocket in one car. So y', all, when they grab your shit, they can't get it. All right. Drug related offenses. Well, increased partying goes right hand in hand with the rise in drug possession and distribution charges. People be calling it dealers. Even the people do ecstasy once a year. Like hey, it's New Year's Eve. Let's, let's roll it in. Right, right. And then unfortunately, rape. This is also concerned during events involving large crowds and heavy drinking. Remember over 1200 in colon Germany.

[Cindy Overton]

It's craziness.

[Woody Overton]

So law enforcement agencies typically increase patrols during this time to manage the surge in these types of incidents. Authorities recommend planning for safe transportation such as using a ride share service or public transit and celebrating responsibly to avoid legal trouble. So there you have it. Do you know how we celebrate responsibly?

[Cindy Overton]

We stay at home.

[Woody Overton]

He's fucking right we're gonna celebrate there.

[Cindy Overton]

You know one other thing that we do.

[Woody Overton]

What?

[Cindy Overton]

On New Year.

[Woody Overton]

Oh my God. You want me to tell them?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Are you gonna do that, all that stuff again this year?

[Cindy Overton]

Well, I was going to talk to you about a few of them.

[Woody Overton]

The y', all, every new year is like 18 of them now. I don't know. I know what we did in high school. The I Don't know what we did. We made picture Yard, big orange round igloo containers of jungle juice with Everclear and. And Hawaiian punch.

[Cindy Overton]

You could put in it, puke on.

[Woody Overton]

The wall and peel the paint off.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

They also made pipe bombs, which are highly illegal nowadays, but we would always set off a pipe bomb in the years.

[Cindy Overton]

But that wards off evil spirits, so.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, well, that mother will shift the light poles and blow out neighbors one day is because we learned about that when you use too much powder. But as adults, sin would take one tradition from around probably almost every country in the world. And yeah, you got to do this and you got to do that and you got to do this. This is for this and this is for that. But I tell you, I tell you what we do and you need on ball because you know what I'm about to say. I tell you one that we do follow Black eyed peas for luck.

[Cindy Overton]

Already got it.

[Woody Overton]

Cabbage for money.

[Cindy Overton]

Got it.

[Woody Overton]

Pork for prosperity. Yeah, I think so. And then what was the other one? Is that it?

[Cindy Overton]

That's the food. Cornbread is typically part of it, but I don't know the significance of it.

[Woody Overton]

Maybe luck or something. Yeah, more black eyed peas for luck.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So I want. I want like 14 pots of cabbage.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, I got two huge heads.

[Woody Overton]

Cook it good with all the good shit in it.

[Cindy Overton]

Yep.

[Woody Overton]

And. And she makes fire ass cabbage and black eyed peas. Same thing. Fire black ass pea, black ass peas. I guess I'm doing the pork on the smoker. All right, cool.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Now, and let her tell you real quick about all the other shit you never heard of.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, the 12 grapes at midnight.

[Woody Overton]

I'm be wasted by midnight. I don't usually partake in these, and.

[Cindy Overton]

That originated in Spain.

[Woody Overton]

What does that do?

[Cindy Overton]

One grape per clock. Chime for luck in each month.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, I'm too busy singing an old Eng Zion which nobody knows the words to, but I love that song.

[Cindy Overton]

Somebody. The new Age. This was in Spain when it started. It was one grape to have good luck for each month. Now in modern days, it's been converted to have sex for each month.

[Woody Overton]

If you're not fucked up enough, if you're up at midnight, if you're not fucked up enough to not be able to eat one great per whatever. I mean, at New Year's, we mugging down. New Year's, when the clock strikes 12, it's time for old ain't Zion and making out. Right. We got time to eat no fucking grapes or stain. That's the truth, isn't it?

[Cindy Overton]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

All right.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, another one that we do is of. I do not.

[Woody Overton]

We.

[Cindy Overton]

I do open up all the windows and all the doors to let.

[Woody Overton]

Good luck with that. It's planned.

[Cindy Overton]

I know. And then you run around the house with your. Or you run down the driveway with your suitcases.

[Woody Overton]

That. And what's the point of that?

[Cindy Overton]

To travel.

[Woody Overton]

We're gonna travel anyway. I don't need to run down in the driveway with suitcase.

[Cindy Overton]

We travel anyway because I'm running down the suit.

[Woody Overton]

Oh, you're right. We travel because maybe that's why we have too many trips to take.

[Cindy Overton]

Yes, because that's why these are the.

[Woody Overton]

Gifts that I give you again. You don't do that all the time. Because at midnight we are singing all anxiety making out.

[Cindy Overton]

I think that I've only successfully done these once.

[Woody Overton]

We went to the farmhouse, literally before WL was born.

[Cindy Overton]

He was a baby. That was the baby monitor year. But yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Oh, God. Go ahead and read the rest of them. This is some crazy shit that I never even heard of.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, some of these that I just pulled them up. But we don't do. But wearing white and offering flowers is a Brazilian thing. And it's asking the goddess of the sea for blessings. 108 bell rings at temples in Japan represents the cleansing of earthly. The 108 earthly desires. Wearing polka dots is a thing in the Philippines, and that helps with the. Polka dots represent coins, which is wealth. Red underwear for love. That's an Italian thing. Red symbolizes romance and passion. And then in Germany, they have onion fortune telling.

[Woody Overton]

They have it in Cologne.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. In Germany, onions predict the weather for each month of the year. I don't know how you do that. Maybe someone can try it jumping off chairs. In Denmark, people are leaping into good fortune in the new year. I'll break an ankle.

[Woody Overton]

I'll break everybody on my body.

[Cindy Overton]

But the running with the suitcases is a Colombian thing. But it is thought to bring travel and adventure in the new year.

[Woody Overton]

Oh, we got plenty of that.

[Cindy Overton]

We got a much longer driveway this year. We gonna be running a driveway.

[Woody Overton]

There's no we.

[Cindy Overton]

True crime time is going on the road because we.

[Woody Overton]

There's no way maybe y'.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

All.

[Woody Overton]

I can get her passed out before for midnight.

[Cindy Overton]

Don't roofie me.

[Woody Overton]

Well, it's fun. If I can't give you some fentanyl, I'll die. Jeez.

[Cindy Overton]

So then of course, like you said, the Black Eyed Peas. And what do they say about that?

[Woody Overton]

Specifically, what's support for I, I, I myself every year?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. It doesn't say in this.

[Woody Overton]

Watch this. Yeah. What is the pork used for on New Year's Day meals?

[Cindy Overton]

Pork is often consumed on New Year's Day as it is thought to bring good luck. This is because pigs root around with their snouts moving in a forward motion which symbolizes progress for the coming year. This is from real simple.com and allrecipes.com.

[Woody Overton]

I do some great ass pork. What is the cabbage and the cornbread and the black eyed peas symbolize on New Year's Day meal?

[Cindy Overton]

Here's an answer from Skin taste dot com.

[Woody Overton]

Did upon the time black eyes for good luck. The greens and cabbage for wealth and prosperity.

[Cindy Overton]

And the cornbread is gold.

[Woody Overton]

What? You look that up, right? Yeah. Oh, I want. I want jalapeno cornbread.

[Cindy Overton]

What kind of gold does that represent?

[Woody Overton]

I don't know. My mama. I'm not saying anything. My mom. I love you, mom.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

The.

[Woody Overton]

But she did make some fire ass cornbread. Yeah, but it had like pieces of corn and jalapenos.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. Mexican cornbread.

[Woody Overton]

Okay, well, then I want that. Okay. You get that if it represents gold. Gold, like $4,400 an ounce as it's ever been.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

I need lots of, lots of cornbread.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay, so what do I get? What do I. Am I allowed to do on our traditions?

[Woody Overton]

Drink and single and anxiety single Lang Zion and make out.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

All right. Good with you. Y' all shake on it.

[Cindy Overton]

Pinky swear.

[Woody Overton]

You enjoy your own traditions. Be safe. Good Lord, be safe, please. I love to know that all lifers made it through safely and have fun. It's supposed to be fun.

[Cindy Overton]

We should do. And I know Leah's gonna listen to this and she'll probably do it. One of those everybody does like on Facebook marked safe by and people go.

[Woody Overton]

In and like, do I really gonna be funny? Because a lot of people are gonna die.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

But then I'll be some kind of mass. No, you can leave it on there. This is gonna be some kind of mass attack. The people are gonna be doing that for real. Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

That's sad.

[Woody Overton]

Yep, it's sad. But you remember, you heard it here first. Unless we get to do an episode about some hero cops that stop it.

[Cindy Overton]

I can't wait for that one. It's happening.

[Woody Overton]

So manifesting it. All right. Y' all are the best. We love you. And for the last time this year, sin. Do you have anything else?

[Cindy Overton]

No.

[Woody Overton]

Well, I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton, your host of true.

[Woody Overton]

Crime time for December 31, 2025. Last day of the year. Well, we love you all so much, we'll holla at ya later. Peace.

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